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The reinvested dividend (in blue ink above) as of May 4, 2020. Current cash will be used to add an additional 40 TRP at $58.83 and 25 UL at $53.79.
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‘I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now’

“It’s cloud illusions I recall ... I really don’t know clouds at all”

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Since viewing the Kennedy Centre 2021 honoree ceremonies, including Saskatchewan native Joni Mitchell, I have not been able to lose the earworm from her famous 1969 hit song. I doubt when she wrote the lyrics she was thinking about stock investing, yet her descriptive words about clouds are in many ways analogous to such activity. […] Read more
an Alberta Agriculture variable-rate fertilizer research site near Lethbridge
Columns, Crops

How to determine the recommended rate of phosphorus fertilizer

Understand how your crops will respond to phosphorus and under what conditions

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In the Jan. 18 issue of Grainews, I discussed developing nitrogen (N) fertilizer recommendations. In this article, I will discuss developing phosphorus (P) fertilizer recommendations. For many Prairie farmers, phosphorus is the second most limiting soil nutrient in crop production for cereal and oilseed crops. With respect to fertilizer use, phosphorus is second only to […] Read more
Have a well-prepared crop plan for 2022
Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Have a well-prepared crop plan for 2022

Q & A with an expert

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Q: What factors do I need to consider when planning my 2022 crop rotation? A: With 2021 safely in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to finalize plans for the 2022 crop year. When planning for the new season, there are many different agronomic factors that must be taken into consideration. With crop prices sitting above […] Read more
A highly saturated area in a canola field in Manitoba’s Interlake in 2016, and a good visual of what happens when water comes in faster than it can dissipate.
Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Some facts on precipitation cycles

What goes around comes around

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This piece deals with long-term water table records as a basis for tracing long-ago annual precipitation. I am dedicating this to the memory of Bill Meneley (1933-2000), who was responsible for establishing the observation wells, which are the basis of what I have to say. He started that work while with the Saskatchewan Research Council. […] Read more
Wheat & Chaff

Sowing the seeds of mental health

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Mental well-being, physical health and safety are all a part of a person’s overall ability to live and function well. Farmers, farm workers and farm families aren’t immune to the stress of everyday life, and circumstances of isolation, uncertainty and stress can have great effects. The COVID-19 global pandemic has also affected many groups, including […] Read more
Columns, Hart Attacks

Customer service endangered but not extinct

Occasionally someone does pick up the phone and says, “How can I help?”

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Perhaps you live in a customer service Utopia, but in my world, because good customer service is such a fleeting experience, I felt the need to share a happy story when it does happen. Nothing earth shattering, but it does renew my faith in humanity, at least a little. I’m one of those Fitbit people. […] Read more
It takes a little more than cold temperatures to keep the Eppich men, Gregory and sons Joseph and James, from a successful mission to track down a Christmas tree.
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

The New Year begins with frigid temperatures

Eppich News: It was so cold it made it easier to make a clean cut on tires for feeders

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By the middle of December, the temperature had dropped quite a bit. Gregory and John were able to haul most of the slough bales home. It was slow going but it’s good to have more bales home. Some of the bales are good for bedding and some were good enough this year for feed. Right […] Read more
Why do dividends appear less important when interest rates are low?
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Why do dividends appear less important when interest rates are low?

In reality, dividends have very little to do with company valuations

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The market is commonly a perplexing place, and one thing that has been perplexing me is why dividend stocks haven’t done better in an environment with ultra-low interest rates. Why would a company like BCE Inc. paying a safe 5.5 per cent dividend stagnate as interest rates decline, while a company like Shopify, paying no […] Read more
In the foreground is the new variety with no manganese — and no crop. In the background is the new variety with manganese — a good crop. On the left is Dwayne Ericksmoen of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and on the right is Guido Myovella of Tanzania Agriculture.
Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Integrated, three-province, field research program for micronutrients needed

Some mechanism to assemble and publish case studies would be an asset

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In Henry’s Handbook we had this to say about micronutrients: “I do not suffer under any illusion that we have discovered all the micronutrient deficiencies that exist in Western Canada. It is best to maintain an open mind when the question of a new deficiency comes up. Micronutrient research is expensive and often not exciting […] Read more

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